As a child I grew up in South Queens and this mall along with Jamaica Avenue were tha main shopping centers for S. Queens. It was packed on the weekends.

@valentinat3250

2 жыл бұрын

Me , too. I remember shopping along Jamaica Avenue for Christmas and freezing. I remember the hanging lights over Jamaica Avenue and taking the bus home super 🥱

@yell0wberry

2 жыл бұрын

Beside shopping in Green acres, we would also shop at a few stores along Jamaica Avenue, visit the Colosseum mall near Hillside Avenue, and of course shop at Mr. Lee’s along Jamaica Avenue

@user-or6yn8pm3c

4 ай бұрын

It's a miracle it's still around. That place was literally a dead mall in the 2000s. Started to come back in the mid 2010s and still around now.

I used to love going there in the 90's. They used to have an arcade gaming center upstairs where people could play games and get prizes

@JohnDoe-rh1st

Ай бұрын

Kb toys downstairs 😎 memory lane

I love looking at shopping mall's also strip shopping centres along the side of busy roads

We use to go to the movie theater at Green Acres Mall in the 1980’s!!!

@stevegold2717

Жыл бұрын

Until they had some shootings, then everyone stopped going

@eddiew2325

3 ай бұрын

we went to the movies during 1954 when this mall first opened.

Wow beautiful Shopping holidays thank for sharing! Great walking.👍🎄😀👍

This is a nice, mall, stroll Ken. 😊

Omg. I stayed in this mall as a kid and worked there as a teenager. You can see all the local rappers there back in the day. Thx for the memories Actionkid

@focuseddrew8737

2 жыл бұрын

I remember it being packed in the 80s. The movie theater next door has some crazy stories.

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated Thanks for sharing your experiences

@talesofanasphaltjockey

Жыл бұрын

I did as well & you're right , back in the 80's you would see Run DMC , The Fat Boys & maybe even LL Cool J who didn't really grow up too far away! I remember when this place was only one level before they built the 2nd floor ... I had my 1st "date" at this mall & even worked there in my teens at a store called "Card America " . There used to be a drive in movie theater right next door that later gave way to an indoor theater called the "Sunrise Cinemas" , which I think had 4 theaters to start out & later grew to over 10 if I'm not mistaken ... most theaters at that time only played 1 movie or maybe 2 ! I remember being so excited when they built that place thinking it was so cool to have all those movies in one theater lol. I grew up right over the border in Rosedale ,Queens NY & my friends & I used to walk to that mall and hangout there for hours . Man those were the good ole' days 😃

Back in 96-97, my mother used to work as a cleaner here. She would let me wander the mall alone when she had no one to watch me. Fun times.

I use to go to that mall, from NY with my dad. He would pack us in the car, and we thought we were going on a long trip. When we shopped there, the big department store was Gimbels. That was in the mid 50’s

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Gimbels is ancient

@luislaboy7467

Жыл бұрын

Whats Up Kid its Me Luis hows it Goin

" Hey, Santa! What's up? " :D Santa became so casual this year. The Food Court is where you want to be for sure. It's good to see this mall still surviving good. There is a guy called "This is Dan Bell " that i watch for many years and he did many videos in malls called "Dead mall series" . It's so sad to see them abandoned and in ruins. I feel sorry for all the work invested, for all the money wasted. Ranting a bit, but the idea is that this mall still stands and looks good and i wish them to succeed for many years!

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

Santa Claus was so chill here

@user-or6yn8pm3c

Жыл бұрын

Low class ghetto mall. Once I discovered Roosevelt Field I hardly went here. Used to be okay until some people got shot at the theater next to it during Godfather Part 3.

Green acres is the place too be.

Worked here in 2000. So many malls are closing, so it's really great to see their still going strong.

Woww, 🤩I haven't been to this mall in 11 years. I used to come here quite often back when the bus didn't stop at the mall and you would have to get off the Q5 at the corner and cross Sunrise highway!😩 I don't even recognize this place now lol.🥴 The anchors used to be J C Penney and Sterns

@sugashack74

2 жыл бұрын

Both of those are closed

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a history! I'm glad the bus stops at the mall now, crossing Sunrise Highway by foot is daunting!

@yell0wberry

2 жыл бұрын

That walk off the bus from Hook Creek blvd and sunrise highway was annoying as it was, imagine doing so when it was pouring rain or even when it was a blizzard

Thanks

Oh wow , Green Acres Mall It's quite a history 65yrs that incredible for a mall ,and may they have another 65yrs of success serving there communities. Quite a good size mall, lots of shop and eateries and plenty of car park space . We'll done to them . 🧡👍

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

It's a nice shopping mall!

Great walk tour inside the mall. Looks new and awesome design. Tnx 4dharing ActionKid.

Sad to think JCP closed there. I spent many a good day shopping there😌

Merry Christmas Kenneth you are a hard working man. You earned your success.

@michaelchin3550

2 жыл бұрын

He works hard but who says he is successful? LOL. His positivity is infectious.

I used love hanging out there during the weekend with my friends. Thank you for another great video.

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! It looks like a well organized shopping mall.

I grew up in Hewlett & always went to Green acres mall with friends back when you walked in by JCPennys & it was just 1 straight shot walk & Macys & Sears was on the opposite end ! Just 1 floor & no off shoots like there is now. You made me tear up remembering my childhood. That was when there was a Sam goody there! Yes I’m dating myself there lol Thank you for the walk down memory lane !

I came here wanted to hear the train, that song is stuck in my head. Lol

Thank you for show how big it is the mall and all the brands it have in it bro! 😃👍🏻👍🏻

Nice walk

Quite nicely decorated mall , i liked that christmas tree 🎄 it looked nice and the whole mall looked very nice with those christmas trees and all , thank you for sharing 👍!!!

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

It's well thought out! Hope people were able to get some good deals!

As a child we went to Green Acres mall. One time my mom forgot where we parked the car, so either security or police took us to find our car. This was early 1970s.

Gorgeous sunset in the beginning. 😍🌅 It's nice to see people shopping at the last minute and you giving Santa a shout out. 🎅😂 Auntie Anne's and Wetzel's Pretzels always smell good inside the mall. 🥨😋 Thank you for sharing this walk inside the mall, AK! 😃

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

So tempting to get an Auntie Anne's pretzel!

Thanks for sharing! :)

We have Boxing Day today in Canada. It's a holiday that British Commonwealth countries have, the day after Christmas. The shopping malls in Edmonton will be very busy. I would imagine this mall would be very busy too, for after Christmas sales. I know how good Auntie Anne's pretzels are, because I had them at the O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, in 2013. The Cinnabon is also good. This is a very awesome looking shopping mall. Thanks for the great videos and livestreams from this year. I hope your Christmas was great and I hope you have a Happy New Year. Cheers! I♥️ NY

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

Very good! I would think this shopping mall is busy too, since Boxing Day landed on a Sunday today.

Excellent video! Thank you so much. Love New Yorkers. They just go about their business 😂‼️‼️💕

Merry Christmas Action Kid, and a Happy New Year.

9:20 that looks like a giant Dalek from Dr Who lol really hard to walk past an auntie annes and not get a pretzel smell so good... 👀 awesome walk thru 👍 im from NY til 2004 but in FL now no malls near me now. nice to see malls are still open & doing good.

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

The pretzels are so tempting to get!

The Christmas tree is pretty thank you for showing it to us thanks again

This is my first time at this shopping mall,thanks a lot action kid and happy holidays 🎁🎁

Thank you AK , that was fun walking through a new mall ( for me ) , Macy’s should have their post holiday sales now , great savings ! enjoy your time with your family and see you soon ❤️

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, you can probably get some really good deals right now.

Yeah Christmas tree was awesome like shopping mall I assume!

It was nice to view this video 📹 😍EVEN THO IM WATCHING 👀 IT THE DAY AFTER VALENTINES DAY 💝

Minimal holiday decorations for a mall. Nice indoor walk.

@ActionKid

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

It was remodeled to be enclosed in the early 70s. There used to be an Alexander's in a separate building right outside the indoor mall.

So wonderful walking tour in December 'very beautiful mall Thanks dear friend 🌹😘 for great sharing happy Marry ❤️💕 Christmas ☃️☃️🌲🌲🌲☃️🌲🌲☃️🌲 and happy New year 🎉🎉🎉

I enjoyed watching and walked well 🥰🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️from 🇰🇷

Morning AK, caught your upload early 👋😄

I used to hang out there with my brothers when it was still an open mall in the early 60's. We managed to get chased out of pretty much all the stores by what we called store detectives. Never kept us out for more than a day.

Good Sunday Morning AK I Hope That Your Holiday Was Very Blessful Along With Your Family And Friends I So Appreciate You For Sharing Another Great Video With All Of Us Take Care With Love Always Ms British Gray From Tampa Florida Blessings

One of the last malls to have a bona-fide arcade. It closed in 2008.

Walking Welcome To The Green Acres Mall In December 2021

This is a pretty video thank you

used to go to the JC Penny there for a few years with the family, had no clue it closed down, been like 10 years since going here

Green Acres Mall! Must've been to at least 1 DDR tournament here lol!

This is cool. Thumbs up from me again. Can you do a mall tour in 360°? That would be cool in the oculus. A big NY mall

Very good video thank u

Wow, what a shame most of the major businesses are gone from there. Places like Sears JCPenney, footlocker, even the old places like A&S, Stearns, and Gimbels. They even had places like Woolworth and Modell‘s. I used to work in that mall at a few places including Lechters and things remembered. I see that the children’s place is about to close down as well. As a kid, we all used to walk there from where we lived at in Queens, it seemed like a surreal experience for us. We would go to the movies next-door at sunrise multiplex cinemas and then go to the mall after the movie. All of this was slightly before Home Depot across the way, and long before BJ’s and Walmart were built, and almost before Kmart was about to close. Also long before Best Buy was built and they tore down the movie theater to build that plaza along with sonic

AK doing more recon...... thank you sir!

Next year you should try to get to Roosevelt Field's Mall after Thanksgiving and close to Christmas. Parking will be extremely difficult. The mall will be packed.

@yell0wberry

2 жыл бұрын

Roosevelt field shopping center was always a place I heard of when I thought Greenacres Mall was the spot to be at, after that, the only other mall I ever shopped at that was similar to Roosevelt Field was this place called Aventura shopping mall down in Florida

@dnguyen9747

2 жыл бұрын

@@yell0wberry Funny you mentioned Aventura mall. We went there a few years ago and I agree, that mall is really nice. If you get the chance Tyson Corner Mall in Tyson Corner, in the DC suburbs is a great mall. We also visit that mall when visiting DC. Lastly, if you're ever in So Cal, check out South Coast Plaza in Orange County, CA. That mall is the highest revenue per sq ft of all malls in the US. I grew up with that mall.

@yell0wberry

2 жыл бұрын

@@dnguyen9747 I actually visited both those malls

Been to the mall in 2019 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 Merry Christmas AK

I was there today 12/26.

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Just curious. How come Green Acres is thriving where Sunrise Mall down Sunrise Highway at the Nassau /Suffolk border is a ghost mall?

Did you have any good luck hearing the sung lyrics to "Christmas Don't Be Late" without the spoken lines in the beginning and the end, over the speakers inside that mall?

exhausted 23.37pm 30th December had my 3rd vaccine d booster tdy Happy New year brian Ireland

can you go to the American dream mall one day please

Good to see a mall that isn’t dying even if it is in NYC. Not a big fan of places with that dense of a population. That children’s play area was probably closed because of all the germs going around in winter and child play areas are a breeding ground for all kinds of nasty viruses like colds and flu. The design of this mall is very vanilla. The terrazzo floors look like something from the 1960s. But, I guess the mall owners didn’t feel it necessary to upgrade it because it’s a place where people can get out of the cold and do all their shopping in one place. But, it’s a mall that seems to be doing well which is good enough. I’ve seen malls that are far more beautiful on video that we’re dead or dying in other parts of the country so a boringly designed mall that is thriving is better than an impressively beautifully designed mall that is dead or dying.

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What's up Ken! How you doing?

In 1970s Alexander's was part of this mall.

@fritzburbank935

Жыл бұрын

While geographically very close, it was not actually considered part of Green Acres.

Kudos to mall security who let you film inside the mall. 🤶👍

@krillin876

2 жыл бұрын

They have more to worry about in Green Acres

Looks dark in there 🤣

best Mall after Roosevelt Field 😊

@sarahrockman7789

5 ай бұрын

No, this mall is good as hell 😭😭

I love how the person that posted this put guidelines because they also know Greenacres mall is like going to a zoo because they obviously knew people are going to comment how ghetto this mall is